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The Ugly American
de Lederer, William & Eugene Burdick
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Librería
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Sobre este artículo
W W Norton. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1958. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. Jacket has several shallow chips and one 2-inch arrowhead-shaped chip at the head of spine (see photo). It also has the clipped corner and odd crescent-shaped edge hole on front flap that other sellers have mentioned. Price on jacket is $3.75. Book is in excellent condition except for a faded area on spine matching the large chip. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, may be unread. Stated first edition. . The book is a political novel that depicts Americans somewhere in Southeast Asia, and its publication caused a sensation in America and abroad. "Ugly American" became a pejorative term depicting American citizens as exhibiting loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless, ignorant, and ethnocentric behavior, especially as travellers or tourists in foreign countries. The book is the basis for a 1963 movie by the same name, starring Marlon Brando. A solid copy of the first printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. I6 .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 32829
- Título
- The Ugly American
- Autor
- Lederer, William & Eugene Burdick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Edición
- 1st Edition. 1st Printing
- Editorial
- W W Norton
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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